₦airaland Forum

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad has sworn-in 18 new justices for Court of Appeal.

The oath taking ceremony held at the Supreme Court Complex in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

It can be recalled that the National Judicial Council, under the Chairmanship of Honourable Dr. Justice I. T. Muhammad CFR, at its 94th Meeting held on 17 to 18 March, 2021, considered the list of candidates presented by its Interview Committee and resolved to recommend to President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, amongst others, the following Justices for appointment as Justices of the Federal Court of Appeal.

i) Hon. Justice Bature Isah Gafai
ii) Hon. Justice Muhammad Ibrahim Sirajo
iii) Hon. Justice Waziri Abdul-Azeez
iv) Hon. Justice Yusuf Alhaji Bashir
v) Hon. Justice Usman A. Musale
vi) Hon. Justice Jauro Ibrahim Wakili
vii) Hon. Justice Abba Bello Mohammed
viii) Hon. Grand Kadi Mohammed Danjuma
ix) Hon. Justice Danlami Zama Senchi
x) Hon. Justice Mohammed Lawal Abubakar
xi) Hon. Justice Hassan Muslim Sule
xii) Hon. Justice Amadi Kenneth Ikechukwu
xiii) Hon. Justice Peter Oyinkenimiemi Affen
xiv) Hon. Justice Sybil Onyeji Nwaka Gbagi
xv) Hon. Justice Olasumbo Olanrewaju Goodluck
xvi) Hon. Justice Banjoko Adebukunola Adeoti Ibironke
xvii) Hon. Justice Olabode Abimbola Adegbehingbe
xviii) Hon. Justice Bola Samuel Ademola

President Buhari approved the appointments on April 22, 2021.

MOHAMMED DANJUMA, JCA
DOB: 14/01/1974
State of Origin: Niger
Bar Enrolment: 2000
Previous Appointment: Grand Kadi, Niger Sharia Court of Appeal
Appointed Kadi, Sharia Court of Appeal: 2012
Appointed Grand Kadi: August 2017

MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM SIRAJO, JCA
DOB: ?
State of Origin: Plateau
Bar Enrolment: 16/10/1986
Previous Appointment: Plateau High Court
Appointed High Court Judge: 14/01/2002

ABDUL-AZEEZ WAZIRI, JCA
DOB: ?
State of Origin: Adamawa
Bar Enrolment: ?
Previous Appointment: Adamawa High Court
Appointed High Court Judge:

YUSUF ALHAJI BASHIR, JCA
DOB: ?
State of Origin: Taraba
Bar Enrolment: ?
Previous Appointment: Taraba High Court
Appointed High Court Judge:

USMAN ALHAJI MUSALE, JCA
DOB: ?
State of Origin: Yobe
Bar Enrolment: ?
Previous Appointment: FCT High Court
Appointed High Court Judge: 15/07/2010

IBRAHIM WAKILI JAURO, JCA
DOB: ?
State of Origin: Yobe
Bar Enrolment: ?
Previous Appointment: Yobe High Court
Appointed High Court Judge:

ABBA BELLO MOHAMMED, JCA
DOB: ?
State of Origin: Kano
Bar Enrolment: 1985
Previous Appointment: FCT High Court
Appointed High Court Judge: 15/07/2010

BATURE ISAH GAFAI, JCA
DOB: 1962
State of Origin: Katsina
Bar Enrolment: 1989
Previous Appointment: Federal High Court
Appointed High Court Judge: 22/06/2009

DANLAMI ZAMA SENCHI, JCA
DOB: 31/12/1961
State of Origin: Kebbi
Bar Enrolment: 1987
Previous Appointment: FCT High Court
Appointed High Court Judge: 04/04/2007

MOHAMMED LAWAL ABUBAKAR, JCA
DOB: 03/06/1962
State of Origin: Sokoto
Bar Enrolment: 1986
Previous Appointment: Federal High Court
Appointed High Court Judge: 28/05/2012

HASSAN MUSLIM SULE, JCA
DOB: 15/01/1965
State of Origin: Zamfara
Bar Enrolment: November 1991
Previous Appointment: Federal High Court
Appointed High Court Judge: 02/12/2015

KENNETH IKECHUKWU AMADI, JCA
DOB: ?
State of Origin: Imo
Bar Enrolment: 1990
Previous Appointment: National Industrial Court
Appointed: 22/05/2013

PETER OYINKENIMIEMI AFFEN, JCA
DOB: ?
State of Origin: Bayelsa
Bar Enrolment: 1995
Previous Appointment: FCT High Court
Appointed High Court Judge: 04/04/2007

SYBIL ONYEJI NWAKA-GBAGI, JCA
DOB: ?
State of Origin: Delta
Bar Enrolment: ?
Previous Appointment: Lagos High Court
Appointed High Court Judge:

OLASUMBO OLANREWAJU GOODLUCK, JCA
DOB: ?
State of Origin: Lagos
Bar Enrolment: 1980
Previous Appointment: FCT High Court
Appointed High Court Judge: 2003

ADEBUKOLA A.I. BANJOKO, JCA
DOB: ?
State of Origin: Ogun
Bar Enrolment: 1986
Previous Appointment: FCT High Court
Appointed High Court Judge: December 2003

OLABODE ABIMBOLA ADEGBEHINGBE, JCA
DOB: 01/08/1965
State of Origin: Ondo
Bar Enrolment: ?
Previous Appointment: Ondo High Court
Appointed High Court Judge: 2002

BOLA SAMUEL ADEMOLA, JCA
DOB: 07/11/1959
State of Origin: Ondo
Bar Enrolment: 17/10/1986
Previous Appointment: Ondo High Court
Appointed High Court Judge: 2002

SYBIL ONYEJI NWAKA-GBAGI, JCA
DOB: ?
State of Origin: Delta
Bar Enrolment: ?
Previous Appointment: Lagos High Court
Appointed High Court Judge:

ALTERNATEID:
God bless Tinubu.
God bless Lagos state.

fergie001:
AIT




A Federal High Court sitting in Maitama Abuja, had struck out a case alleging marginalisation of the South-East in the appointment of the said judges.

Presiding judge Inyang Ekwo held on June 25, the incorporated trustees of Alaigbo Development Foundation, which filed the suit, lacked competence to appear before the court (locus standi).

They had alleged that Igbos were shortchanged in the recent appointment with just one slot.

The defendants were the National Judicial Council, Federal Judicial Service Commission, President of the Court of Appeal, Federal Character Commission and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.

The swearing-in was earlier scheduled for April 29 but postponed following the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) strike.


*Picture inlet: Pictures of the only 2 females amongst the 18 - Justices O O Goodluck (L) & A A I Banjoko (R)

iwaeda:
11/18 good score for the north! I saw Grand khadi of Niger sharia court, few years he will be CJN, Continue.

fergie001:
The Court of Appeal in Nigeria is constitutionally required to have at least 3 Judges each who are versed in Customary Law & Islamic Law.

The likes of Uche Onyemenam, JCA from Ebonyi State came in from the Customary Court of Appeal.

The present CJN went to the Court of Appeal through that route as well.

iwaeda:
I know alagba Fergie001, reason our constitution is dusted!

fergie001:
The Court of Appeal in Nigeria is constitutionally required to have at least 3 Judges each who are versed in Customary Law & Islamic Law.

The likes of Uche Onyemenam, JCA from Ebonyi State came in from the Customary Court of Appeal.

The present CJN went to the Court of Appeal through that route as well.

ALTERNATEID:
God bless Tinubu.
God bless Lagos state.

ALTERNATEID:
God bless Tinubu.
God bless Lagos state.